Fastening device for window and picture frames



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FASTENING DEVICE FOR WINDOW AND PICTURE FRAMES Filed Sept. 6, 1938 2 Sheets-Sheet l ATTORNEY Sept. 19; I939. ,E. s. COPELAND 1 2,173,753

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Application September 6, 1938, Serial No. 228,666

3 Claims.

This invention relates to pane and picture mounting fastening devices for window and picture frames, and its general object is to provide a fastening device thatcan be easily and expeditiously applied with minimum effort and merely by the application of pressure thereto, which causes the fastening device to penetrate the frame and assume a position to hold the glass or picture mounting parts fixed and against accidental removal or displacement.

A further object is to provide a fastening device of the character set forth, that is simple in construction, inexpensive to manufacture and extremely efficient in use and service This invention also consists in certain other features of construction and in the combination and arrangement of the several parts, to be hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings and specifically pointed out in the appended claims.

In describing the invention in detail, reference will be had to the accompanying drawings wherein like characters denote like or corresponding parts throughout the several views, and in which:

Figure 1 is a view illustrating one form of my fastening device in use with a picture frame or the like.

Figure 2 is a sectional viewtaken approximately on line 2-2 of Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a fragmentary view illustrating the manner of applying my fastening device to the frame.

Figure 4 is a similar view illustrating the fastening device in applied position.

Figure 5 is a View of a modified form of fastening device in use.

Figure 6 is a similar view of a further modified form.

Figure '7 is a similar view of a still further modified form.

Figure 8 is a fragmentary view illustrating another form of my fastening device to be used for securing window panes in the frames thereof and shows the device which is in the form of a glaziers point in a position prior to being diswire, shaped to provide a substantially V-shaped bight portion l which has formed thereon and extending from the ends thereof, intermediate portions 2 disposed parallel to each other and having formed on the outer ends thereof right angled bent portions 3 providing outwardly and laterally directed terminal portions disposed at right angles to each other and terminating in penetrating points 4, for the purpose of being embedded within the frame, as shown.

In applying the fastening device to the frame which is indicated by the letter A, it will be obvious from Figures 3 and 4 that the fastener is arranged in a corner of the frame, with the apex end of the V-shaped bight portion directed toward the corner, and the penetrating points contacting the frame portions as shown in Figure 3. A tool such as a punch B is disposed against the apex, thence pressure is applied thereto which results in the penetrating points being embedded in the frame, as shown in Figure 4 and when the pressure is relieved, the device tends to spread, due to the resiliency thereof, which causes the prongs to bite into the frame. When so arranged, it will be apparent that casual displacement or removal of the fastening device is practically impossibleand due to the fact that the major portion of the fastening device contacts the backing or matting for the picture, the parts will be held in fixed position with respect to the frame.

In Figure 5 I have illustrated a modified form of the fastening device, which likewise includes a substantially V-shaped bight portion 5 which like the form previously described, the arms thereof contact the picture backing, adjacent to its outer edges at a corner portion, when disposed in position for use as shown in Figure 5. The bight portion 5 has likewise formed on the ends thereof parallel portions 6 disposed at an angle with respect to the arms of the bight portion 5, and formed on the parallel portions 6 are outwardly directed portions 1 which are looped rearwardly upon themselves and terminate in right angled bent penetrating prongs 8 to be embedded in the frame, in the same manner as illustrated in Figures 3 and 4, and the form of Figure 5, likewise functions substantially like the form of Figures 1 to 4 inclusive. However, the fastening de vice can be applied in use, without tools and any means may be employed for that purpose, as the punch is merely illustrated as an example of such means.

The form as shown in Figure 6 includes a substantially circular bight portion 9 having formed on the open ends thereof, aligned outwardly directed penetrating prongs ID. This form can likewise be applied with a punch or like tool disposed in engagement with the bight portion 9 centrally of its ends. When pressure is applied to the bight portion, with the prongs Ill engaged with the frame, the prongs will be urged toward each other and in scraping engagement with the frame, but when the pressure is relieved, the prongs will be moved away from each other and tend to bite into the frame, as will be apparent.

The form as shown in Figure 7 also includes a substantially V-shaped bight portion I! having portions l2 formed on the ends thereof and inwardly directed therefrom, and the portions I2 have formed therewith right angle bent penetrating prongs l3. It will be obvious that this form can likewise be applied in the same manner as the forms previously described.

While the above mentioned forms are primarily designed to be used for mounting pictures, they of course can be used for securing panes in window frames, such as indicated by the letter C, in Figures 8 and 9, or in other words, in the same capacity as glaziers points, but I have illustrated in Figures 8 and 9 a form which is primarily designed for use with Window panes and the latter form is in fact a flat metallic body preferably cut from sheet metal or the like, to provide a pair of arms IA of substantially triangular formation with one of their ends integrally connected, while their opposed ends provide penetrating points IS. The arms are normally slightly bent toward each other as shown in Figure 8, but when pressure is applied to the substantially flat edge of the body provided by the arms, when applying the device to the frame, the arms separate when the penetrating points are embedded into the frame, and assume the position as shown in Figure 9. It will be obvious that a fastening device of that character can be easily applied in position for use, as the pair of arms not only facilitate the application of the device within the frame, but the dual penetrating points prevent casual removal or displacement thereof.

It will be noted from Figure 2 that I may likewise use the fastening devices of the form as shown in Figures 8 and 9 in combination with the fastening devices of the other forms, as the form of Figures 8 and 9 can be employed for holding the glass in fixed relation with respect to the frame, the glass being indicated by the letter D, while the backing for the picture is indicated by the letter E. v

It is thought from the foregoing description that the advantages and novel features of the invention will be readily apparent.

It is to be understood that changes may be made in the construction and in the combination and arrangement of the several parts, provided that such changes fall within the scope of the appended claims.

What I claim is:

1. A- fastening device formed from a single strand of resilient wire shaped to provide a substantially V-shaped bight portion, intermediate portions formed on the outer ends of the bight portion for disposal at an angle thereto and arranged parallel to each other, outer portions formed on the outer ends of the parallel portions, and said outer portions being bent between their ends to provide laterally and outwardly directed terminal portions disposed at right angles to each other and terminating in penetrating points.

2. A fastening device formed from a single strand of resilient wire shaped to provide a substantially V-shaped bight portion, intermediate portions formed on the outer ends of the bight portion and directed inwardly at right angles therefrom for disposal in parallelism with each other, outer portions formed on the outer ends of the parallel portions, and said outer portions being bent at right angles adjacent their outer ends to provide outwardly and laterally directed terminal portions disposed at right angles to each other and terminating in penetrating points.

3. A fastening device formed from a single strand of resilient wire and shaped to provide a substantially V-shaped bight portion, intermediate portions formed on the outer ends of the bight portion and directed inwardly at an angle therefrom for disposal in parallelism with each other, outer portions formed on the outer ends of the parallel portions and being looped rearwardly upon themselves and thence bent to provide outwardly and laterally directed terminal portions disposed at right angles to each other and terminating in penetrating points.

ELISHA S. COPELAND. 

